In a couple of weeks I'll see Brian Friel’s popular play Dancing at Lughnasadh with my daughter and son-in-law
In addition to the fun of dinner theatre in Boston with my kids … I look forward to seeing cameos of Irish life through one of
Have you ever looked at reality through the intrapersonal intelligence of a person you admire?
Dancing at Lughnasadh is based on parts of Friel’s childhood in
I've asked questions ahead that I look forward to finding answers to at the play. For instance....
What's at the core of Irish family life? Fiel’s play pokes around at the real meaning family, and shows family drama as a public as well as a private event.
Would the closing few words of Dancing at Lughnasa interest you as much as they intrigue me?
... "in that memory . .. the air is nostalgic with the music".
Whenever we look at reality through another person’s eyes, realities such as nostalgic become our shared quest for meaning, as well as another color splashed onto our own independent quests for new meaning.
Interestingly, this blog has only increased my curiosity for the magic of the Irish mind, and for the minds of my kids with whom I’ll stack up Friel’s scenes against our own canvas of contemporary realities. Know the play?
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